Installing Neos on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps needed to install Neos – a content management system – on NetBSD. Neos is an open-source platform that allows users to easily manage and create websites with an intuitive user interface.

Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation process, you need to ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

• NetBSD installed on your system
• PHP 7.2 or higher
• MySQL or MariaDB

Step 1: Install Apache web server

To begin, we will install the Apache web server on our NetBSD system. To do this, run the following command as root:

pkgin update
pkgin install apache

Once the installation process is complete, you can start the Apache web server using the following command:

/usr/pkg/sbin/apachectl start

Step 2: Install PHP

Next, we will install PHP on our NetBSD system. To do this, run the following command as root:

pkgin install php

After the installation process is complete, you need to configure Apache to work with PHP. Open the Apache configuration file in your preferred text editor:

vi /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/httpd.conf

Uncomment the following lines to enable PHP:

LoadModule php7_module     libexec/apache/mod_php7.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Save and close the file. Finally, restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect:

/usr/pkg/sbin/apachectl restart

Step 3: Install MySQL/MariaDB

To install MySQL/MariaDB on NetBSD, run the following command as root:

pkgin install mariadb-server

After the installation process is complete, you need to start the MySQL/MariaDB service using the following command:

/usr/pkg/etc/rc.d/mysqld start

Step 4: Install Neos

Finally, we can install Neos on our NetBSD system. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Download the Neos package from the official website: https://www.neos.io/download.html

2. Extract the contents of the file to the document root of your Apache server. The default document root is /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs/. You can use the following command to extract the contents of the file:

   tar -xvzf neos-x.x.x.tar.gz -C /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs/
   

3. Change the ownership of the extracted files to the Apache user:

   chown -R www:www /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs/neos-x.x.x/
   

4. Create a new MySQL/MariaDB database for Neos:

   mysql -u root -p
   CREATE DATABASE neos;
   CREATE USER 'neos_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON neos.* TO 'neos_user'@'localhost';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   exit
   

5. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/neos-x.x.x/. Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation process.

Note: Make sure to change the username and password to something secure.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we went through the steps needed to install Neos on a NetBSD system. We started by installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL/MariaDB. Finally, we downloaded and installed Neos in the document root of our Apache server. With this, you should be able to start using Neos to easily manage and create websites.

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